14 Marriage and Family: How Do Societies Perpetuate Themselves?

01

A group of people who are related by marriage, blood, or adoption is known as:

marriage

clan

family

kinship
02

Marriage is the union of two people that is typically recognized by law or cultural norms.

True

False
03

A/an __________ is composed of one or two parents and their children.

family

kinship group

nuclear family

extended family
04

A family composed of a household consisting of a nuclear family plus an additional relative:

intergenerational family

clan

nuclear family

extended family
05

A marriage consisting of one male spouse and one female spouse would be an example of:

polyandry

conventional

monogamy

binuclear
06

A marriage consisting of multiple spouses:

extended marriage

group marriage

multiple marriage

polygamy
07

Polyandry is the practice of a man marrying two or more women.

True

False
08

Blended families are families composed of children and some combination of biological parents.

True

False
09

The romanticized family portrait of the past often covered up a life of discontent and conformity.

True

False
10

_______________ is marriage between people with similar backgrounds, such as religion, race, class, or age.

Monogamy

Polygamy

Homogamy

Polyandry
11

Exogamy is the practice of marrying within your social group.

True

False
12

Half, or 50% of all marriages end in divorce.

True

False
13

Which of the following is NOT a sociological reason for divorces, according to your text?

Residential Mobility of the Nuclear Family

Ongoing Redefinition of Family and Gender

Difficulty of Filing for a Divorce

Social Acceptance of Divorce
14

When the last child leaves the house, mothers often have a difficult period of adjustment, called:

“empty nest syndrome”

“empty house syndrome”

“adult child adjustment”

“off-to-college-blues”
15

Women generally live longer than men, so aging women are more likely to contend with issues associated with widowhood.

True

False
16

Men who are married live longer and are healthier overall.

True

False
17

Sociological perspective that focuses on the power relationships within the family, the family’s role in perpetuating social inequality, and the dominance of men over women:

functionalist

conflict

symbolic interaction

distributed choice
18

__________theory proposes that the family’s role of socialization of children into accepted social roles is central to social stability.

Conflict

Symbolic interaction

Functionalism

Modernization
19

_______________ look at the family from a micro level, by studying individual relationships between family members.

Conflict

Symbolic interaction

Functionalism

Modernization
20

Arlie Hochschild’s book, The Second Shift: Working Parents and the Revolution at Home, argues that in modern society men end up doing more than their fair share at home.

True

False

14 Marriage and Family: How Do Societies Perpetuate Themselves?

A group of people who are related by marriage, blood, or adoption is known as:

Marriage is the union of two people that is typically recognized by law or cultural norms.

A/an __________ is composed of one or two parents and their children.

A family composed of a household consisting of a nuclear family plus an additional relative:

A marriage consisting of one male spouse and one female spouse would be an example of:

A marriage consisting of multiple spouses:

Polyandry is the practice of a man marrying two or more women.

Blended families are families composed of children and some combination of biological parents.

The romanticized family portrait of the past often covered up a life of discontent and conformity.

_______________ is marriage between people with similar backgrounds, such as religion, race, class, or age.

Exogamy is the practice of marrying within your social group.

Half, or 50% of all marriages end in divorce.

Which of the following is NOT a sociological reason for divorces, according to your text?

When the last child leaves the house, mothers often have a difficult period of adjustment, called:

Women generally live longer than men, so aging women are more likely to contend with issues associated with widowhood.

Men who are married live longer and are healthier overall.

Sociological perspective that focuses on the power relationships within the family, the family’s role in perpetuating social inequality, and the dominance of men over women:

__________theory proposes that the family’s role of socialization of children into accepted social roles is central to social stability.

_______________ look at the family from a micro level, by studying individual relationships between family members.

Arlie Hochschild’s book, The Second Shift: Working Parents and the Revolution at Home, argues that in modern society men end up doing more than their fair share at home.